Not just a load of hot air

TOTALCARD green is the fuel card from TOTAL that will help cut your CO2 emissions by reducing your fuel consumption.

Reducing your CO2 emissions will not only help you act responsibly towards the environment, but it will also help you save money… so it’s a win/win situation. The most effective way of reducing your vehicles’ CO2 emission is to reduce their fuel consumption. And there are plenty of ways that TOTALCARD green can help.

The starting point when you want to reduce your CO2 emissions is to be able to measure them. Based on your vehicles' fuel spending, our monthly online CO2 reports will provide you with an update on your emissions.

Once you know your CO2 emissions, TOTALCARD green can help you implement your CO2 reduction plan. There are three key ways we can do this, such as through incentives on advanced fuels like EXCELLIUM, which has an average 3.8% reduced consumption compared to regular fuels. We will offer a reduction of 2p per litre, including VAT, on all EXCELLIUM fuels at TOTAL sites. The impact of TOTAL EXCELLIUM on fuel consumption has been proven by trials on several types of vehicles, under various conditions. Advanced fuels are technically designed to be more effective, giving you more miles for the same amount of fuel.

We can also help you take control of your fuel spending, via a complete set of web services that will help you monitor what you spend on your TOTALCARD green. As well as this, our new ECO 10 programme is designed to help fleet managers reduce their fuel consumption. ECO 10 gives essential guidelines and information on advanced fuels and products, car maintenance and effective driving behaviour.

After you have calculated and reduced your CO2 emissions, the third step you can take is to follow up the efficiency of your CO2 reduction plan on TOTALCARD Online@. This will give you the following information: CO2 emissions amount (global and per card); percentage of EXCELLIUM fuel used (global and per card); savings made (in litres and CO2 emissions). When implementing a CO2 emissions reduction plan for your fleet, the prerequisite is to be able to calculate its CO2 emissions.

And if you want to go the whole distance, why not go carbon neutral with Carbon Clear? Every three months, you will receive an email detailing your vehicle’s emissions for the previous three months. A link on the email will take you to Carbon Clear's website where you can decide whether to offset your fleet emissions. If you decide to offset with Carbon Clear, you will receive a certificate that you can use to support your fleet efficiency objectives and communicate to clients that you are helping the environment.

Carbon offsetting is the process by which greenhouse gas emissions from activities such as driving are matched against carbon reductions from high quality carbon credits. Carbon credits represent one metric tonne of CO2 avoided or removed by a carbon reducing project.

Your TOTALCARD green package will include new CO2 reports, guidelines on CO2 reductions, optional carbon offsetting, attractive pricing, paperless billing, up to six weeks interest free credit (subject to approval), easy VAT reclaiming, and the TOTALCARD green is accepted in 3,000 sites including TOTAL, BP and Shell. This service will help you monitor your spending and save time: you will only be alerted if an abnormal transaction takes place.

Other benefits for TOTALCARD green customers are 10% off Quartz Ineo ECS, which is a fuel economy lubricant. By default, a fuel economy lubricant is also a fuel-saving one, because the engine requires less energy to make the various parts move, so it consumes less fuel and emits less CO2. And to help your car run cleanly inside and out, TOTALCARD green customers can also enjoy 10% off car washes.

Transaction reports are also available with TOTALCARD green. You can access daily reports, which will allow you to view your fleet's transactions every day. This is useful to anticipate your expenses at the end of an invoicing period, and to monitor your fleet's spending. An invoicing file will allow you to download an electronic file containing your invoice data. You can then use this file for your accountancy and/or load it in your fleet management software. Thanks to these transaction reports, you can keep an eye on your spending and save administration time.

Our secure website will also allow you to manage your cards online 24/7. You can create, cancel, modify, and download an up-to-date card list – all in just a few clicks.

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